diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/workflow.yml
index 4398fa92..69d3ce9e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow.yml
@@ -231,6 +231,11 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: write
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
       - name: Download build artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
@@ -258,6 +263,61 @@ jobs:
           tar -czf "release-assets/sharpemu-${VERSION}-linux-x64.tar.gz" -C "${linux_dir}" .
           tar -czf "release-assets/sharpemu-${VERSION}-osx-x64.tar.gz" -C "${macos_dir}" .
 
+      - name: Build release notes
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          MAX_COMMITS: 200
+          RELEASE_TAG: ${{ needs.init.outputs.release-tag }}
+          REPO_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}
+          SHORT_SHA: ${{ needs.init.outputs.short-sha }}
+          VERSION: ${{ needs.init.outputs.version }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          previous_tag="$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 --match 'v*' "${RELEASE_TAG}^" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+
+          if [ -n "${previous_tag}" ]; then
+            range="${previous_tag}..${RELEASE_TAG}"
+          else
+            range="${RELEASE_TAG}"
+          fi
+
+          git log --no-merges --reverse --pretty=tformat:"%H%x1f%h%x1f%s" "${range}" > commits.txt
+          total="$(wc -l < commits.txt)"
+
+          {
+            printf 'Automated SharpEmu v%s build for commit [`%s`](%s/commit/%s).\n\n' \
+              "${VERSION}" "${SHORT_SHA}" "${REPO_URL}" "${GITHUB_SHA}"
+
+            if [ -n "${previous_tag}" ]; then
+              printf '## Changes since %s\n\n' "${previous_tag}"
+            else
+              printf '## Changes\n\n'
+            fi
+
+            if [ "${total}" -eq 0 ]; then
+              printf '_No commits since %s._\n' "${previous_tag}"
+            else
+              head -n "${MAX_COMMITS}" commits.txt | while IFS=$'\x1f' read -r sha short subject; do
+                printf -- '- %s ([`%s`](%s/commit/%s))\n' "${subject}" "${short}" "${REPO_URL}" "${sha}"
+              done
+
+              if [ "${total}" -gt "${MAX_COMMITS}" ]; then
+                printf '\n_…and %s more commits._\n' "$((total - MAX_COMMITS))"
+              fi
+            fi
+
+            printf '\n'
+
+            if [ -n "${previous_tag}" ]; then
+              printf '**Full changelog**: %s/compare/%s...%s\n' "${REPO_URL}" "${previous_tag}" "${RELEASE_TAG}"
+            else
+              printf '**Full changelog**: %s/commits/%s\n' "${REPO_URL}" "${RELEASE_TAG}"
+            fi
+          } > release-notes.md
+
+          cat release-notes.md
+
       - name: Create release
         shell: bash
         env:
@@ -265,7 +325,6 @@ jobs:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           RELEASE_NAME: ${{ needs.init.outputs.release-name }}
           RELEASE_TAG: ${{ needs.init.outputs.release-tag }}
-          VERSION: ${{ needs.init.outputs.version }}
         run: |
           mapfile -t assets < <(find release-assets -maxdepth 1 -type f \( -name '*.zip' -o -name '*.tar.gz' \) | sort)
           if [ "${#assets[@]}" -ne 3 ]; then
@@ -273,8 +332,6 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           fi
 
-          notes="Automated SharpEmu v${VERSION} build for commit ${GITHUB_SHA}."
-
           if gh release view "${RELEASE_TAG}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
             echo "Release ${RELEASE_TAG} already exists and will not be modified." >&2
             exit 1
@@ -283,4 +340,4 @@ jobs:
           gh release create "${RELEASE_TAG}" "${assets[@]}" \
             --verify-tag \
             --title "${RELEASE_NAME}" \
-            --notes "${notes}"
+            --notes-file release-notes.md
diff --git a/scripts/release.py b/scripts/release.py
index 0d7ee932..fdf8807a 100644
--- a/scripts/release.py
+++ b/scripts/release.py
@@ -157,6 +157,62 @@ def ensure_tag_does_not_exist(
         raise ReleaseError(f"Tag {tag} already exists on {remote}.")
 
 
+def get_previous_tag(repository_root: Path) -> str:
+    try:
+        return run_git(
+            "describe",
+            "--tags",
+            "--abbrev=0",
+            "--match",
+            "v*",
+            "HEAD",
+            cwd=repository_root,
+            capture_output=True,
+        )
+    except ReleaseError:
+        return ""
+
+
+def get_release_commits(
+    repository_root: Path,
+    previous_tag: str,
+) -> list[str]:
+    revision_range = f"{previous_tag}..HEAD" if previous_tag else "HEAD"
+
+    output = run_git(
+        "log",
+        "--no-merges",
+        "--reverse",
+        "--pretty=tformat:%h %s",
+        revision_range,
+        cwd=repository_root,
+        capture_output=True,
+    )
+
+    return output.splitlines()
+
+
+def print_release_notes_preview(repository_root: Path) -> None:
+    previous_tag = get_previous_tag(repository_root)
+    commits = get_release_commits(repository_root, previous_tag)
+
+    print()
+
+    if previous_tag:
+        print(f"Commits since {previous_tag} ({len(commits)}):")
+    else:
+        print(f"Commits in this release ({len(commits)}):")
+
+    if not commits:
+        print("  (none)")
+
+    for commit in commits:
+        print(f"  {commit}")
+
+    print()
+    print("These commits go into the generated release notes.")
+
+
 def read_version(props_path: Path) -> str:
     if not props_path.exists():
         raise ReleaseError(f"Version file not found: {props_path}")
@@ -323,6 +379,8 @@ def create_release_tag(
         remote,
     )
 
+    print_release_notes_preview(repository_root)
+
     run_git(
         "tag",
         "-a",